The book of Numbers chapter 9
shares with us, after the completion of the tabernacle and all of
the furniture, everything about it, it was time to participate
in the Passover again. The second time. And we find
the instructions that were given by the Lord to Moses with regard
to that Passover. And we also notice here in the
ninth chapter of the book of Numbers that there were a group
of people that were, because of touching a dead body, they
were not permitted to participate in the Passover that first time. and they came to Moses and ask
of Moses, what can we do? Now, we found out as we read
about them that they were not mad, they were not trying to
get their will or their way, they just wanted to understand
what God had to say about it. The Lord shared with them through
Moses that on the second month, on the 14th day of the month,
we'll observe the Passover again for those who could not be here
because of being defiled or those who are away traveling and couldn't
make it back. Providence hindered them from
being there. So the Passover was observed. Well, there in the book of Numbers
chapter 9 and verse 9, I don't know, I want to back up just
a little bit there. In Numbers chapter 9, It says in verse 2,
let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at his appointed
season in the 14th day of this month at even ye shall keep it
at its appointed season according to all the rites of it, according
to all the ceremonies thereof shall you keep it. And Moses
said unto the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover.
Now we heard read a passage of scripture from the book of 1
Corinthians chapter 2 when the Apostle Paul shared a bit to
the Corinthians with regard to the purpose of his ministry.
The purpose of his ministry was to preach Christ and him crucified. That's what he preached wherever
he went. He tried not to get entangled with arguments. He
tried not to get entangled with religion. He tried not to get
entangled with any of the things that most people want to get
entangled with and argue about. His whole ministry and his whole
mission was preaching Christ and Him crucified. The gospel
is the only thing that will ever change a person. God only uses
the gospel to change people, to give them the new birth. Now,
when we look at the Passover in the Old Testament, as a number
of times it was observed, and during the ministry of our Lord,
he observed the Passover, his parents observed the Passover,
his stepfather and his stepmother, Every time the Passover, and
for a matter of fact, every time there was a sacrifice made in
the Old Testament by the appointment of Almighty God, it was a declaration
of the Messiah and Him crucified. Now those animal sacrifices never
accomplished anything, never changed one heart, never made
anybody better, never forgave one sin, but it was a type and
a shadow and a picture of that one who could do that very thing,
the Lord Jesus Christ. So when the observance of the
Passover was made in the Book of Exodus Chapter 12, it was
not something new to the children of Israel. It had been for a
number of years. They were not permitted to do
that, but their father Abraham had offered a sacrifice. We find
that Noah had offered a sacrifice, Abel had offered a sacrifice,
and every one of those sacrifices was a declaration, as Paul mentions,
There in the 2nd Corinthians chapter 2, Christ and him crucified. Now it was only when Christ came
in person, when Christ came in a bodily form, when Christ was
born of a virgin and lived to the point that it was appointed
the right time Then he and he alone could do what was done,
and that is Christ and him crucified to put away the sin of his people
for time and for eternity. Now, would you turn back with
me to the book of Exodus for just a moment? As we look here
at the beginning of the Passover, when it was instituted, the children
of Israel had spent 400 years in slavery. Now, people will say, they didn't
do anything. You and I did nothing after the similitude of Adam's
sin. But where are we? We're children
of Adam, and we're fallen children of Adam, and we are sinners by
nature, we are sinners by practice, and we are sinners by choice.
And we need what Christ alone can give. Now, the children of
Israel had been in prison for 400 years. It was mentioned to
Abraham, your people are going to be down in a land that belongs
to someone else and they will be prisoners for 400 years. Well,
when the Passover was completed the very same day, it says that
the 400 years were completed, they were out of there. God set
them free out of there. Now, how many of their hearts
were changed? Probably not many. because it's
not very long. They go out into the wilderness
and they're building a golden calf. There's one thing about
regeneration. There's one thing about the new
birth. It gives us a different view of God than we ever had
before. The new birth causes us to see
God in his glory, causes us to see as the high and lifted up
one. Religion doesn't change our attitude towards God, but
the new birth will change us about God, and we will worship
him who is the true and the living God, and we will not fall for
a bale golden calf out in the middle of the wilderness. Now,
Moses is on a mountain. He didn't agree with that. There
were very few people among the Israelites that knew the first
thing about the gospel and knew the first thing about God. We
find that Paul mentions this and he says, not all Israel is
of Israel. And as we follow the pattern
of those three parables that brother Mike is bringing out,
we find in the first parable, 1% is sought out. In the second
parable, 10% is sought out. And in the third parable, 50%
is sought out. So not everybody applies to this. The gospel is for the sheep of
the living God. Now, here in the book of Exodus
chapter 12, we find the instructions that were given with regard to
the Passover. We want to look at some of this.
I know it is going over plowed ground. I've mentioned this in
the past. My dad owned eight acres. Eight
acres, not much. Now, to a modern farmer, that's
a lot. I was talking to a man yesterday. He has a farm. It's
five acres. My dad had a farm of eight acres.
And we worked that same piece of ground over and over and over
every year and got enough alfalfa to feed all of our stock. We
got grain to feed. We did all that off of that little
piece of ground. This is a little piece of ground,
but we're going to go over it again because there's some more
nuggets here. In the book of Exodus chapter 12, the scriptures
share with us, beginning with verse one, the Lord speak unto
Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying, notice where they
are. That's where the Lord finds us, in Egypt, in a place of dryness,
a place that there is no hope in. There's a place where religion
has encased us and captivated us and captured us, but there's
no hope in it at all. That's when we are wondering
from day to day, where do I stand before God? Wondering from day
to day, what work can I do to make it feel better for me, and
what work will the preacher want out of me? Then we find someone
comes down to that place, that Lodi Bar, and finds us in that
terrible condition down in Egypt, and it says here, this is going
to be the month that's going to be the beginning of time.
I don't know how many of those of Israelites that were down
in Egypt said, you know, I think this is a good idea. Probably
a bunch of them like, well, today, I want the old time. But God
said today is a new day, a new month. And it says there, speak
unto the congregation, all the congregation of Israel, saying
in the 10th day of this month, they shall take to them every
man a lamb according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for
a house. And if the household be too little
for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take
it according to the number of souls. Every man according to
his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall
be without blemish. You know, the Lord has much in
store for us when we look at this pattern that is mentioned
with regard to the Passover. There's much found in the scriptures
about this lamb. This lamb and every sacrifice
was to be a lamb of the first year and it was to be without
spot and without blemish. How is it that we turn over to
the book of 1 Peter chapter 1 and we read about the Lamb of God? Just hold your finger here in
the book of Exodus and turn very quickly with me over to the book
of 1 Peter chapter 1. 1 Peter chapter 1. In 1 Peter
1, verse 18, we have these words. I have to say this. I was at
a Bible conference one time and a preacher got up and he was
just preaching so fast and someone said, ''Do you always do that?''
He says, ''Only when I'm in a hurry.'' So I'm in a hurry. 1 Peter 1,
verse 18, ''For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed
with corruptible things, Now this is a knowledge of someone
who has been revealed the truth of the gospel. You know that
you are not redeemed with corruptible things. You know you are not
redeemed by your works. You know that you have been taken
out of that mode of thinking. God has done that when he has
regenerated and given you the new birth. You have a different
view of God. You have a different view of
yourself and you have a different view of sin. He says, and we
know, ye know that you are not redeemed with corruptible things
of silver and gold from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers. You want to read the account
of a man who was redeemed by corruptible things? Just turn
over there as we heard read this morning about that Pharisee,
Thank God I'm not like other men. That man was redeemed with
corruptible things. Now, the other man was redeemed,
what does it say? But with the blood, the precious
blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
So they took that lamb out of the flock, set it aside, and
it was to have from the outward observance, no blemish and no
spot. We turn to the last book of the
Old Testament and we find out God speaking to a group of religious
people who are offering broken broken animals, diseased animals,
things that would not even sell in the marketplace and offering
that to God. And you know what? That is just
their view of their God. Now, the view of these that knew
something, the view of these when they took that lamb aside,
they're saying my lamb is without blemish and without spot. He
never had a blemish. He never had a spot. He didn't
gain one while he was here and he didn't gain one while he was
on the cross. He only had our sins imputed
to him when he was on the cross. He didn't have any sin of his
own. He was without blemish and without spot in every act he
performed there on the cross that day. He is redeemed with
the precious blood of Christ without blemish and without spot.
A lamb without blemish. This verse takes us back to every
sacrifice that was ever offered in the Old Testament, except
those who were presented by people who didn't know anything or didn't
want to spend the money on a good quality animal to present. They
wanted to keep it for themselves. They didn't know the first thing
about God, and they didn't know the first thing about their sin,
and they didn't know the first thing about themselves. Well,
what do we do? In the Book of Exodus, it tells
there in Chapter 12, The book of Exodus chapter 12, okay, we
got this beautiful lamb. He's without spot, without blemish,
and we've watched him from the 10th day to the 14th day. What
are we to do with that lamb? Well, we can ask ourselves, why
did Jesus Christ come to this earth? Did he come to make it
a better place for us to live? Did he come to set up a kingdom?
Did he come to do all of the things that we hear religious
people tell us about God and about Christ? The reason Jesus
Christ came to this earth was to lay down his life, a ransom
for many. He came here, did a lot of great
things, healed the people, all sorts of things, went on to preach
the gospel wherever he went. But his intended purpose is what
we find here in the book of Exodus chapter 12. It tells us there,
turn there with me if you would, Exodus chapter 12, And it says here, this is what
we're to do with it. Verse 6, And ye shall keep it
until the fourteenth day of the same month is to be observed. What was the three and a half
years of the Lord's ministry for? So that Pilate could say, I find
no fault in Him. Now Pilate didn't know what he
was saying, but as we heard in the Bible class this morning,
God used even donkeys in the Old Testament to preach the truth
to an unbeliever. God used Pilate to declare for
us, it's recorded in the word of God, just as God himself said,
this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. Pilate said,
I find no fault in him. And they took him out and crucified
him. What's it tell us over here in the book of Exodus chapter
12? You shall keep it until the 14th day of the same month and
the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
evening. This is the purpose of taking
that lamb aside, taking it out of the flock, making sure that
it's without spot or blemish. May it be a perfect example. Now, we can't tell what's on
the inside. We don't know what was going
on in the inside, but we know from the outward observance,
we can tell what was going on in the inside of our Savior,
the Lord Jesus Christ though. He was the holy son of God. He was perfect in every aspect. He never even had a pimple. He was not touched by sin in
any way personally, but he was touched by the feeling of our
infirmities for the sheep. All right, and then it says here,
shall kill it. You shall kill it. The Lamb had
one purpose in mind of God from eternity. The Lamb had one purpose
from birth. The Lamb was slain from the foundation
of the world. Now when we read about the Lamb
of God, the book of Revelation tells us he was slain from the
foundation of the world. God had him in purpose before
the foundation of the world. This is the lamb. In the covenant
of grace, this is the lamb. He has, in my mind, been slain
from the foundation of the world. That's the purpose of his coming,
is to lay down his life a ransom for many. This lamb was killed
at the appointed time, at the appointed day. The purpose of
God is always present in the ministry of God, and guess what?
In your life and my life too, whether we recognize it or not.
Pilate didn't recognize that he was fulfilling the purpose
of God, but he was. So were the rest of those guys
that day. They were fulfilling the purpose
of God. We read in the Book of Acts Chapter
2 that all of the nonsense that went on, and people have written
books about how that trial was a sham. Of course it was, but
it fulfilled the purpose of God. How Jesus Christ should not have
been beaten. That's probably true, but he
was. Why? For the purpose of God and for
the salvation of his people. The lamb was killed. The blood
was captured. Turn with me if you would over
to the book of Hebrews. Hebrews chapter 9 verse 7. Hebrews chapter 9 and verse 7.
It tells us here in this wonderful book that explains so much about
the sacrifices of the Old Testament. Hebrews chapter 9 and verse 7.
Aaron was to take the blood once a year on the Day of Atonement
and take it into the holy place. That day that they slew that
Passover lamb, they were to capture the blood of that lamb. They
were to put it into a bowl or something to capture it because
it had great purpose. If that blood was not put over
the doorposts of that house when God came through that night and
he didn't see the blood, there was going to be a death in that
household of the firstborn. None of the Israelites were ever
warned of all of that. And if they had heard a word
about it, they would not have believed it. Just like today,
the warning goes out and people just don't believe the warning,
don't believe the gospel. Why? Because it hasn't been revealed
to them. Once it's been revealed to them,
they take heed. The warning is true. God has
spoken. He's brought it to my heart.
Well, here in the book of Hebrews chapter 9 and verse 7, but into
the second went the high priest alone once a year, not without
blood, which he offered for himself and for the heirs of the people.
That's the problem with animal blood. You offer it for your
heirs and for the heirs of the people. That's the one thing
about the high priest, our great high priest, the Lord Jesus Christ.
He didn't have to offer blood for himself. He is the son of
God. He's the righteous one. And when
he went to the cross, The only sin that he dealt with was our
sin that was placed upon him. In some way, God was able to
take all the sins of all of his people, past, present, and future,
dig them out of the grave if you please, bring them out of
the ocean if you please, bring them and place them properly
upon the Son of God. And Jesus Christ is going to
do something with them. But before Jesus Christ could
do something with them, the Father must do something with the Son. And that's what we read over
here in the book of Exodus chapter Twelve again, after they had
killed it, we find the instructions that were given. Exodus Chapter
12, the instructions that were given about the lamb. This lamb
was not just discarded, blood was not just kept and then the
lamb was discarded. We find here in Exodus Chapter
12, what happened here after the lamb was killed and the blood
was taken and applied. Exodus Chapter 12. It says there,
and you shall take the blood, verse 7, and strike it on the
doorposts. You know, I've had preachers
tell me in religion that it's my responsibility to apply the
blood. That can't be done. The head
of the household did that. and the head of the church, the
head of the household, the Lord Jesus Christ took his own blood
and made atonement with his own blood, and he didn't leave any
of that up to us. We would have dropped that blood
on the ground. We would have messed it up. We
would have mixed it with something. We would have put lead in it
because it would have lasted longer. We would have done something
with it, but Jesus Christ took his own blood and presented his
own blood to the Father, and we were just observance. You know, and by faith, we can
observe that transaction taking place. And now notice here, the
very next thing, it says, you take the blood, you strike it,
wherein ye shall eat it, and they shall eat the flesh in that
night. Notice it says, roast with fire
and bitter herbs. And in the next verse, verse
nine, eat not of it raw. nor sodden at all with water. The Lord Jesus Christ in his
living ministry, as much as he has said he loved the church,
he could not accomplish anything by just loving the church. It
didn't take care of sin. Just loving them didn't take
care of sin. There was this huge burden. on every one of his lost
sheep. It was so huge, it trodden them
down, it encumbered them, it captivated them, it captured
them, it brought them to a place that there was nothing that they
could do. The Lord Jesus Christ, even though
he loved the church with an everlasting love, as he shares with regard
to Israel, I've loved you with an everlasting love, which is
just a shadow, a point made about loving the church. The Lord Jesus
Christ could do nothing except he be consumed by fire. Now, that lamb in the Old Testament
was truly put over the roasting pit. It was truly roasted by
fire. That's exactly what had to happen.
The roast, it had to be roasted, not broken up, not cut up, but
whole, bone to bone. head to tail, put over that roasting
pit, and then it says, and ye shall eat it. The Lord Jesus Christ is the
lamb that was roasted with fire. It is hard for me. I got word
just the other day that little Sammy burned all four of his
fingers on a hot part of the stove. How many has that happened
to? I can't imagine. That is, to me,
is the most intense, most painful act that we can do to our bodies,
to be burned. Our Lord was placed under the
most violent fire, the wrath of God. The Passover lamb was
roasted with fire. It was cooked. It's not raw.
A lamb raw is ineffective. God's love was not enough. His wrath against sin must be
satisfied. He must be the propitiation for
our sins. What does that mean? Full payment
made. He must be the propitiation and
the only way that that propitiation could be made was by him being
roasted, if you please, by the wrath of God. This last Thursday,
Nathan and I had a meal together and we're talking about meat.
He is a professional. Some of you are just professionals
when it comes to meat. I said, what is it? We had some sausage there and
it said it's been pre-cooked. Well, it didn't look like it
was cooked to me, so we cooked it. It said you could eat it
the way it is. It didn't look like it needed
that. It needed to be cooked. So we
cooked it. And we got into a discussion about what happens to meat when
it's roasted. Now, don't come after the services
and tell me you love to eat raw steak. I just don't. And how
many of us are able to eat raw chicken or raw pork? It's just
not in the, there's enough warnings about doing that. It'll make
you sick. But this, our Savior, was roasted
by the wrath of God. What makes that different? You
know, there were two men, one on the right hand, one on the
left hand, that were crucified the same day, the Lord Jesus.
He has just put in a lot with sinners. They had three to crucify
that day. Those were thieves and murderers,
and he's just included with them. To the people around about, he
made no difference. There was no difference between
him than that guy on the right hand and that guy on the left
hand. They suffered the consequences of the cross together. Those
three men, the Lord Jesus, the right hand man, and the left
hand man. The consequences of the cross, they all suffered. They were under a great deal
of pain. And if they had not been killed
or their legs broken before, they would have suffered a lot
longer than they actually did. The Lord Jesus was on the cross
for less time than they were before he died. Now, what's the
difference between them? You know, those men that were
there because of their crimes, murder and theft and whatever
else went with it. when that last bone was broken
and they gave up the ghost that day and they died, they were
not changed one whit because of that punishment. Now, there
was one man that was changed, one man on the cross. He agreed
with the other man and said, ''We should be set free. This guy should take us all down.''
Then one of them, God had an act of grace on. and said, we
deserve what we're getting. This man hath done nothing amiss.
We deserve it. Now what's the difference between
their suffering and the suffering that the Lord Jesus Christ went
through? Now over there in the Old Testament, the book of Exodus
chapter 12, we read about a lamb that was roasted with fire. Now
that's what we do with it. And what happens when we roast
meat with fire? It changes. It becomes palatable. It becomes delicious. There's
a process that takes place when meat gets to heat. And you know
what? When the Lord Jesus Christ was
put under the severe wrath of God, the roasting by God Almighty,
and sin was put away as a result of it, His whole being takes
on a completely different form in the believer's mind. He is
not just Jesus. He's my savior. He's not just
another good man. He is the savior of his people. He laid down his life to the
point that the wrath of God was poured out on him for every one
of my sins. The attitude of the church is
this had to happen. I could not go free without it.
It must take place. The death of Jesus Christ must
happen and we rejoice in it. We say, hallelujah, he went to
the cross. Hallelujah, he gave his life.
Hallelujah, the wrath of God was poured out upon him. Hallelujah,
that he was imputed sin. Hallelujah, he took care of sin
completely there on the cross. The structure, his very being
changes in our heart and in our mind in regeneration about this
man. And he becomes important. He's not just someone we abide
with once in a while. I had a good friend that was
in France during World War I, and talk about foxhole conversions,
he was one of them. God, if you get me out of this,
I'll never bother you again. He was proud that he had never
bothered God again. That's the attitude by most Christians. That he's just an insurance policy. He just saved me from hell. My
goodness, that's that much of what he did for his people. Jesus
Christ suffered all the hell for his people. Eternal hell
for his people. He was roasted with fire on that
cross. Then you know what the people
were to do with him? Just as that lamb? He's laid in a plate
if you please. And the people of that household
were to come by and eat that lamb. Now the Lord Jesus Christ
brings this up to a whole group of people. John chapter 6. There's
much said in the book of John chapter 6 about the Lord saying,
you know, unless You eat my flesh and drink my blood. You have
no part with me. And if you drink, eat my flesh
and drink my blood, you have everlasting life. And those people
are doing just what religious people do. You know, we better
change this element here just a little bit so that we can actually
take the flesh and blood of the Lord Jesus. And they do some
hocus pocus and change it. Oh my goodness. You know, people
who understand the gospel says it is The Lord places Himself
in our mouth and He is sweet. The blood is actually shed for
me. It's not physical, it's spiritual. We get to feast on the Lord Jesus
Christ, spiritual, as He is like this lamb, without spot, without
blemish, set aside on the tenth day and killed on the fourteenth
day. He's killed! and roasted with
fire. Don't sodden him with water.
Don't mix any of this up. Don't add anything to it. And
he is not to be eaten raw. Don't take him as just Jesus.
He must be the Son of God. He must be God the Son. He must
be the one roasted with fire, the wrath of God, the Savior
of his people. This is the one that God has
us believe. Jesus answered and said unto
them, this is the work of God that you believe on him whom
he has sinned. And what is the work of God?
To believe on him. And how does that happen? We
are given belief. I'll mention there as Brother
Mike was teaching this morning about repentance. Repentance
is not just feeling sorry for your sins. Repentance is a gift
to God. Repentance is a change of mind
about God. Repentance is something God gives
us. We can't work it up when we just
feel bad about our sins. It's just we're sorry we got
caught. That's all there is to it. But
true repentance allows us to turn from worshiping dumb idols
to serve the living God. That's what true repentance is,
and that's what God gives us when we're regenerated. We find
out that God really means something, and He is precious, and we want
to be where He is. We want to be where He's preached.
We want to have Him. This one, well, there in the
book of Exodus, or excuse me, in the book of Numbers, there
was a second Passover. All the people couldn't make
it to the first one, so they had a second one. God was pleased
to do that. You know what that declares to
me? There in the book of Numbers, chapter 9, they had the second
Passover and it happened again under one of the kings. This
message, this declares to me the message does not change.
Didn't change from Old Testament to New Testament. I went to a
Sunday school class when I was in college down in Klamath Falls.
Met some folks, you know how they are. Oh, come with us. Come
with us to church. Come with us to church. I went
down there and the teacher said this. The people in the Old Testament
were saved by those sacrifices and the people in the New Testament
are saved by the grace of God. I never went back and I didn't
know anything. Because I know that nobody in the Old Testament
was saved by those sacrifices. And people in the Old Testament
and the New Testament we find out were saved by the grace of
God and nothing else. The message never changes. And
it also tells us of God's effectual call. Now I want to read one
other passage of scripture found in the book of Isaiah. One other
passage of scripture. The book of Isaiah. There is
a general call. And you know that's all I can
do. I can, and any preacher, that's all I can do. Any Bible
class teacher, that's all we can do. We can just declare the
gospel. We're just scattering seed. That's
all we can do. Because nobody can do anything
about my heart, not alone yours. I can't change my heart. I can't
even change having a toothache. I can't change if I get the cold.
I'm going to wish myself, I'm going to have my free will, exercise
this cold gone. Are you kidding me? Then people
say by their free will, they can enter the kingdom of heaven.
They can't even get rid of a toothache, can't get rid of a pimple. I
wish my hair was black like it used to be. Does that
change it? Who by their own will can change
their hair or add a cubit to their stature? We can't do it. It's impossible. But God is able
to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think.
He's the only one that can do that. Well, here in the book
of Isaiah chapter 11, let me get there. Isaiah chapter 11,
verse 10. There is an effectual call, goes
out. Can't change your heart? I can't even ask you to come
to Jesus. That's the Holy Spirit's job. The man who brought me the
gospel, I was very, I couldn't understand why I didn't give
an invitation. And the next service I went to,
against my will, he got me there. The next service, he says, you
probably noticed that we didn't give an invitation. And so, he
says, just remember, Christ is the invitation. We don't need
that. God doesn't stop his work. Isaiah
chapter 11 verse 10, here is the effectual call. This is where
God gets his job done. He's never failed. He never will
fail. People who don't trust him are
because he didn't issue the command. That's all there is to it. All
right. And in that day, there shall
be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an instant of the people.
To it shall the Gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious.
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall
set his hand again the second time. I've had the message go
out. Now I'm going to get involved. factual call, to recover the
remnant of his people, which shall be left from Assyria, and
from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam,
and Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
What's he saying? Boy, that second time around, I get involved,
and I'll get my remnant out of all nations, peoples, and tongues,
and they shall be assembled. And thank you, preachers, for
preaching the truth. But the work is mine. The work
is mine. The effectual work is mine. So,
the second Passover. It didn't change over time. Gospel
never changed. And the real effectiveness of
the Lamb of God is because of what God does. Now, we don't
have time today, but Lord willing, we'll touch on this next week.
And that is those who said, you know, I really didn't have time
to do the first one. And God said, if you didn't have
time, you're cursed.